Ostracion - Box puffers
Classification
Genus:
Ostracion - Box puffers
Family: Ostraciidae - Boxfishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
Description
Ostracion is a genus of the boxfish family Ostraciidae. Fish in the genus are known as box puffers.
The following are species in this genus:
Ostracion cornutus Linnaeus, 1758
Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758 (Yellow boxfish)
Ostracion cyanurus Rüppell, 1828 (Bluetail trunkfish)
Ostracion immaculatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 (Bluespotted boxfish)
Ostracion meleagris G. Shaw, 1796 (White-spotted boxfish)
Ostracion nasus Bloch, 1785 (Shortnose boxfish)
Ostracion rhinorhynchos Bleeker, 1851 (Horn-nosed boxfish)
Ostracion solorensis Bleeker, 1853 (Reticulate boxfish)
Ostracion trachys J. E. Randall, 1975 (Roughskin trunkfish)
Ostracion whitleyi Fowler, 1931 (Whitleys boxfish)